So if we at The Kiln believe in engaging directly with clients’ traumatic memories in order to help them process, how do we go about that intentionally and effectively?

Today, we are talking about MBNET–Mentalization-Based Narrative Exposure Therapy for Complex Interpersonal Trauma–the trauma processing modality that we developed and that we teach at The Kiln and use with our own clients.

MBNET is a structured treatment for people with problems related to having experienced complex interpersonal trauma. Its application isn’t limited specifically to complex PTSD but can be effective for any problems that present as a result of having experienced complex interpersonal trauma.

MBNET works directly with clients’ traumatic memory content and their narratives of their memories, and it integrates the framework of mentalization, which is present in all of our relationships and heavily implicated in interpersonal trauma.

We have found that using MBNET has the capacity to be healing and transformative for clients and we are passionate about sharing this modality.

Listen to the full episode to hear:

• How Narrative Exposure Therapy addresses trauma across the lifespan and in social context
• How we brought mentalization and NET together to form an effective container for processing interpersonal trauma
• How MBNET provides a scaffold for the complex, nonlinear nature of trauma processing
• How MBNET helps clinicians get to the deep level of detail needed for their clients to process their traumatic memories
• How mentalization breaks down clients’ avoidance, denial, and minimization of their trauma
• Why MBNET requires clients to give deep, detailed accountings of specific incidents in order to put them to rest
• How individual healing is necessary to support collective growth and action

Learn more about The Kiln:

• Website

Learn more about Dr. Kae Hixson:

• Website

Learn more about Riva Stoudt:

• Into the Woods Counseling
• Instagram

Resources:

• Passionate Marriage: Love, Sex, and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationships, David Schnarch, PhD

Brain Talk: How Mind Mapping Brain Science Can Change Your Life & Everyone In It, David Schnarch, PhD